This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? »3/31/14 9:30am 3/31/14 9:30am

The Mitsubishi is idling in front of you. A forest tarmac stage disappears ahead into the trees. The rally car of your dreams is yours for one race, but your mom is in the co-driver's seat. »8/31/12 7:30am 8/31/12 7:30am

This raging fire inside a Mitsubishi Lancer race car took place in the middle of a frozen field during a rally. After exhausting their fire extinguishers, organizers turned to a backhoe to put out the flames. Photos below. »4/01/10 12:30pm 4/01/10 12:30pm

The Lancer Evolution Experience starts off like most driving schools: You are plopped in front of a chalkboard and lectured to. After that, you're sent out and made to get wicked sideways. And that's when you wake the hell up. »11/09/09 4:00pm 11/09/09 4:00pm

An image of an as-yet-unknown Mitsubishi set for a global unveil at the
2008 Paris Motor Show »9/15/08 10:20am 9/15/08 10:20am has surfaced, and it helps nobody. They might as well have released an image of a Mitsubishi dealership and put an arrow on it saying, "It goes in here" because the Mitsu "angry face" we see here looks pretty much exactly…

Mitsubishi has announced that it will be entering an all new crossover "Racing Lancer" in the 2009 Dakar Rally in South America. The new car will be a three door platform inspired by the Pajero and Lancer Sportback, and will serve as a test bed for Mitsubishi's diesel program. That's right, this Lancer will be… »7/16/08 10:20am 7/16/08 10:20am

We've been excited about the Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback ever since we got confirmation that it would go into production. Now, we've got official shots and details to even further whet our appetites. This is the Ralliart trim model, which will have a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four pumping out a WRX-battling 240… »6/11/08 6:00pm 6/11/08 6:00pm

Oh cruel fates, why do you taunt us so? Images of the Mitsubishi Lancer Prototype-S have surfaced and we are aching with envy. The prototype is obviously more sneak preview than prototype and give a peak at the pending Lancer Sportback Ralliart 5-door slated for introduction in the European market. Mitsubishi, you are… »2/24/08 6:00pm 2/24/08 6:00pm

The Ralliart is Mitsubishi's middle man between the Mitsubishi Lancer GTS and the Lancer EVO. The obvious rally-inspired Ralliart has a 2.0-liter, four cylinder engine sporting 235 horsepower, which is up 67 hp from the GTS, but not quite the 291 of the latest Evolution X has. It does feature Mitsubishi's dual-clutch… »1/13/08 5:30pm 1/13/08 5:30pm